Research Into Constructing Business Logistics Network Based On SCM

In the dynamic and competitive environment, the facilities' quantity, capacity and geography relationship, that is configuration of logistics network, affect directly the ability and cost providing the service toward customers. Because the capability and configuration of the business logistics network impact on the running cost of business and customer service level directly, and they have important influence on the business market competence.How to construct the business logistics network and what thought of management is used for constructing logistics network are the leading problems in this thesis. Therefore, the writer puts forward to apply the thought of supply chain management and divides four steps to set up the business logistics network. This logistics network has better flexibility. It benefits to overcome market fluctuation that economic uncertainty causes, benefits to lower the logistics cost and improve the logistics service level to satisfy the diversification and individuation's of consumer demand, benefits to overcome the "trade-off1 phenomenon and raise the efficiency of the whole logistics network. The thesis is divided into six parts totally.The first part in this article is definite the purpose and meaning of this thesis, make sure the research angle of view, research approach, and research frame. The second part sums up the leading fruits about the research of logistics network. It at first summarizes the basic conception of logistics node and logistics network, and then sums up the domestic and international correlative research concerning logistics network from the operation research, marketing, organization theory and information management. The third part expatiate the reasons from the angle of view of SCM constructing business logistics network. Through to expatiating the concept of SCM, this part analyze the stock theory, logistics theory, customer relationship theory of SCM to the logistics network's impacts, and points out that the logistics network constructed in terms of the angle of view of SCM could realize objects of lowing logistics cost, reducing capital input and improving customer service level. Through contrasting the SCM with the traditional logistics management, it point out that logistics network constructed in termsof the thought of traditional logistics management exist a series of problems, such as the logistics cost is too high, customer service level is too low, logistics efficiency is not high, etc but these problems above could be resolved if the logistics network is constructed in the light of the thought of SCM.The fourth part and fifth part belong to the stage of construction of logistics network. The fourth part enumerates the important impact factors and leading guidelines in the process of constructing logistics network. Comprehension extent of the logistics administrator to these factors and guidelines influencing logistics network will produce important impact on constructing logistics network. It not only would have important impact on running cost and operation efficiency's logistics network, but also would have important impact on realizing the business strategy even its survival. In the fifth part, the writer designs a logistics network construction frame. The frame includes four steps, namely setting up the team of logistics network construction, logistics audit, confirming the model of logistics network construction, decision-making of facilities site selection, and performance appraisal and network optimization after constructing logistics network. Through calculating the site. quantity, capacity and service scope of logistics facilities determines the configuration of logistics network finally. The sixth part is the appliance concerning the correlative model involved in this thesis. Concerning the problem of single facility location, the writer applies the Gravity location model to get the solution. Concerning the problem of multifacility location, the writer applies the Gravity location model and the P-Median model to get the solution. The...